Simone Baglivo
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International Emmy winning producer, currently covering Europe for @skynews. On the hunt for the human stories behind the numbers. @espressonline contributor
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Joined January 2019
Some highlights of what I produced this year in Europe while hunting the human stories behind the numbers. World exclusive interview with Amanda Knox hours after she was sentenced, apocalyptic floods that shocked Spain and the ongoing investigation on the responsibilities for
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BREAKING: Moldova President Sandu just released this statement, before leaving the press room:. “Dear citizens, Moldova has faced an unprecedented assault on our country’s freedom and democracy, both today and in recent months. Criminal groups, working together with foreign
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Giuliano Amato, 86, formerly Italian Prime Minister and Italy Constitutional Court President, asked journalist Giovanna Pancheri “Mademoiselle, when is your shift ending?”. “We’re still live…”, she replied
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Stamattina mia zia, 65 anni, è stata investita e uccisa sulle strisce pedonali davanti la stazione di Castelnuovo di Porto (Roma), mentre stava andando a lavorare. Quante altre persone devono perdere la vita prima che la politica metta fine a questo bagno di sangue quotidiano?
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EXCLUSIVE: GEORGESCU TALKS TO US AFTER ROMANIA TOP COURT DECISION TO CANCELS ELECTION . An extraordinary series of attacks coming from Romanian presidential election favourite as we’re the only media journalists to meet him today. He attacked the “mafia” constitutional court,
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Italy’s Justice Minister asking a journalist to bring him a spritz cocktail during a rally
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Palermo prosecutor asked for six years' imprisonment for former interior minister and current Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Matteo Salvini on charges of kidnapping and refusal to perform official acts for having prevented, five years ago, the disembarkation from the
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“There're already 8 Prime Ministers candidates for elections that do not include Prime Ministers candidates". We’re not a country, we’re a dream
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A newspaper vending machine in front of the seat of Italian government
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Petrol stations here in Rome are learning the local slang…
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Italian MP Matteo Orfini, former president of the Democratic Party, told Radio Cusano: “I haven't found a single person happy to vote for us. They did it without enthusiasm".@CrazyItalianPol
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Former Italian PM Matteo Renzi enjoying Euro2024 semifinal in our newsroom before going live on our show 👀
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Italian MP Antonio Angelucci going to the Parliament with his bodyguards
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Mayor of San Giorgio a Cremano (NA) answers via instagram to a young citizen who asked him - mistaking a word - to close the schools due to bad whether
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Paola Taverna, Italian politician for the 5 Star Movement and Vice-President of the Senate of the Republic . How it started: How its going:
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Less than 24 hours before polls opening here in Moldova, national police showed us a warehouse filled with seized anti-EU propaganda. Moldovan police chief told us they’re fighting an unprecedented illegal mafia style network funded by Russian money trying to derail the
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12 days after Italian general election, we still don’t know the names of 13 elected members of parliament
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M5S is now paying tribute to #PieroAngela, but in 2006 they described him and his son Alberto as "ignorants wellpaid by Rai" with "spasms of scientific exaltation". In 2018 they attacked his program as "media disinformation" adding there was “no limit to decency".@CrazyItalianPol
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2,500,000 Italians in 2022 were forced to give up basic medical care through Italy’s health service because the waiting lists were too long
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Italian beaches private establishments - which control 70% of Italy’s shore - announced a possible beach umbrella “strike” threatening to close all the famous seaside locations if the government doesn’t act against the national (and EU) rulings that is forcing them to lose their
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An old Italian man was arrested after scamming 700 people by inventing a fake foreign country with many benefits but no duties. “I’m incredulous”, chief prosecutor told me about the case. The gang’s now facing 5 criminal charges. My piece for @ilfoglio_it:
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I giornalisti inglesi di @SkySports mentre leggono l’espressione romana “#Daje” scritta da #Mourinho in arrivo alla #Roma .#skysports
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Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister reaction to Trump conviction
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Our Emmy finally arrived from NY!.Extremely honoured to win it with @ramsaysky @dvh_sky @McGarwen: so proud of our teamwork. Still can’t believe it happened, it’s the tip of the iceberg. We dedicate it to the heroes of our incredible story started 3 years ago. Thanks to everyone!
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Following months of work, our investigation on how to fight the #mafia is out worldwide on @SkyNews. We travelled to Calabria, southern #Italy, to meet the people risking their own life to bring down the biggest crime syndicate on the planet: the #Ndrangheta. Watch our full
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Ascoltando il Professor Giuseppe #Remuzzi a #QuartaRepubblica parlare in modo pacato, chiaro e preciso di #vaccini e #Covid19. Grazie!
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The mayor of Carpenedolo (Lombardy region) moved with his family to Dubai but did not resign from his role
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BREAKING: Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, leader of Cosa Nostra, has been arrested. He was the most wanted criminal in the world and he was a fugitive since 1993.
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Personal news: so excited to become Europe Producer at @SkyNews!.During the last 3+ incredible years as Italy Producer - working with extraordinary colleagues - we delivered exclusive on the ground reporting and we achieved the most worthed interviews. We covered every major news
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People cheering police in Palermo following the arrest of Italy's top mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro
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The hearse that carried the body of mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro from Abruzzo to Sicily had an expired insurance
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A new #cycle path in front of the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization (#UnitedNations) in #Rome’s #Aventino district, near the #CircusMaximus. #ClimateChange #COP26.(📸 @francis_rojo_)
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Thanks to @russellcrowe for remembering us how lucky we are to live in the most beautiful city on earth. We must treat #Rome better, healing it, preserving it, guarding it. This city can be saved only if both political administrators and citizens ourselves will act.@Roma
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Italy’s public health care will lose 15.2 billions euros next year
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Vatican Court President Giuseppe Pignatone, former Rome's Chief Prosecutor, has been just placed under criminal investigation on charge of aiding and abetting the Sicilian mafia
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“Some 80% of Italians are convinced that #Italy is irreparably in decline. 6 out of 10 Italians fear a world war. 84% of respondents are frightened by the crazy weather. 73% of Italians believes the country will not be able to cope with the arrival of migrants. In 2040 only one
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A journalist for daily newspaper La Stampa, Andrea Joly, was attacked in Turin overnight by neo-fascists militants of far-right movement CasaPound
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Last night we won an #Emmy for our news coverage of the #COVID19 outbreak "A Warning From #Italy"! Still can’t believe it happened. Hugely proud of team work with @ramsaysky @dvh_sky @McGarwen and really happy of eyewitness journalism. Thanks everyone! @FraAlleva @VannaToninelli
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Today’s ruling is a major success in #Italy’s war againt the #mafia. This historic verdict challenges the #Ndrangheta - one of the world’s biggest crime syndicate - on an unprecedented scale. We’ve been following this maxi-trial since the start, meeting the chief prosecutor
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ESCLUSIVA: PARLA AMANDA KNOX.Per la prima volta dopo la nuova sentenza di ieri, @amandaknox ha accettato di rispondere alle mie domande in un’intervista esclusiva in onda su @SkyTG24. “Sono delusa ma determinata a difendermi ancora: ricorrerò in Cassazione. Non ho diffamato
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A famous Naples pizzeria, the 'dal Presidente' restaurant (which hosted also US President Bill Clinton) in the centre of the southern city, was impounded by finance police today in relation to a Camorra mafia probe. Five people were arrested. Investigators believe that the eatery
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The awful and unacceptable conditions of the tactile paving for pedestrians who are vision impaired in the centre of Italian capital #Rome . @Retake_Roma @Antincivili @battaglia_persa @MercurioPsi
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50 days before the start of the Vatican’s Holy Year (which happens every 25 years) Rome city council only completed 4 out of 204 planned construction interventions
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“Palazzo Mangeruca” in Calabria, southern Italy, was the symbol of #mafia power. This 'eco-monster' used as furniture store by the #Ndrangheta powerful crime syndicate was confiscated during a massive police raid. Today 400kg of explosive were used to blow it up. Ministers,
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In northern Rome there is only one public defibrillator. It’s in Piazza della Balduina. But since over than 1 year it’s broken, it isn’t working. Reminder: a defibrillator can save lives during cardiac arrest. Is this situation acceptable for an European capital? .@Retake_Roma
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50 partecipanti e 30 sacchi di rifiuti raccolti per il 1º evento 2019 di @Retake_Roma: ambiente, sport, archeologia, divertimento nell’incantevole @parcoacquedotti!.Presente anche l’agenzia di stampa @EFEnoticias. #BefanaRunTake #RetakeRoma #EFE.(info: stampa@retakeroma.org)
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Italy Health Minister announced the Mediterranean Diet will be taught in italian schools every week for one hour
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Chico Forti, 65, an Italian sentenced to life for murder in the US who was greeted by Premier Giorgia Meloni on his return to serve out his term in Italy on last May, reportedly asked an Ndrangheta mafia clan to "silence" journalists Selvaggia Lucarelli and Marco Travaglio
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Via dei Chiavari: una “signora” getta a terra cartacce utilizzando la strada come un cassonetto. Il tutto davanti ai @_Carabinieri_. Raccolgo i rifiuti e la invito gentilmente a rispettare la città. Risultato? Gli agenti mi fermano e mi controllano per “affermazione aggressiva”…
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An employee of Rome's public transport company declared himself "stateless" in an attempt to explain his refuse to work. He was fired
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Italy's Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti was awarded the honorary judo black belt by International Judo Federation and Italian singer Albano Carrisi
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In the craziest day in Italian politics, between parties fighting inside themself and the government that is collapsing, in the middle of a boycotted confidence vote, the Minister of Public Education, Patrizio Bianchi, seems the only one sat quietly in his place .@CrazyItalianPol
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According to the last Demos survey published today by #Repubblica newspaper:.- Just 20% of #Italians trust the new elected #parliament.- The majority of voters think the new center-right #government will not last long.- PM Mario #Draghi is still the most popular politician
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Dopo più di 1 anno #Ama non ha ancora ottemperato alla delibera 73 che chiede di pubblicare i turni si spiazzamento/raccolta. Chiediamo a @virginiaraggi di esigere che venga rispettato il Contratto di Servizio e che i cittadini abbiamo uno strumento per monitorare l’attività
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@Gianvittorio77 @ilfoglio_it Io non le vorrei dire proprio niente, ho semplicemente riportati dei fatti. Fatti veri, concreti, oggettivi che dimostrano come i reati siano diminuiti negli ultimi 10 anni. Purtroppo non ho trovato statistiche ufficiali riguardo agli "antifurti in più". .
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Italian police is raiding the headquarters of Anas, Italy’s public roads management company, due to a corruption probe. Nine people have been placed under investigation
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BREAKING: Italy PM Mario Draghi resigns. Early elections to be held in autumn.
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#Italy is experiencing the craziest electoral campaign ever. I spoke with the founder of @CrazyItalianPol about Italian #politics’ epic moments: “sweaty, tense and unique”. My piece for @ilfoglio_it:
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Mayor of Milan banned ice cream after midnight to contrast noisy social gathering
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NEW: The bowels of the #Colosseum, the underground tunnels where #gladiators and wild beasts crouched before being winched up to the killing floor, are visible as never before thanks to a restoration funded by #Tod's. “It has been a very complex job”, the #archaeologists said
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Sabato 4 gennaio previsti oltre 100 volontari per il primo #retake del nuovo decennio! Dalle 9 alle 13 presso la stazione #BasilicaSanPaolo. Info: stampa@retakeroma.org.Comunicato stampa:
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NEW: Guardia di Finanza police is raiding Rome city council for a corruption charge involving Holy Year’s road works. Four Rome city council employees have been placed under criminal investigation.
50 days before the start of the Vatican’s Holy Year (which happens every 25 years) Rome city council only completed 4 out of 204 planned construction interventions
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Former vice presidents of the European Parliament and Greek politician Eva Kaili, arrested in and charged with corruption as part of the Qatar corruption scandal at the EU, announced she will move to Italy
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During this summer we got exclusive access to the heart of mafia land. We joined the hunt for one of the world’s most powerful crime syndicates, the #Ndrangheta. We travelled with #mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri and his unrivalled police escort, flew with #Italy’s Carabinieri
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Un immenso GRAZIE a tutti i partecipanti di #OstiaAcchiappaLaPlastica! Quasi 200 sacchi di rifiuti raccolti da oltre 600 volontari (doppio delle previsioni) in una bellissima giornata all'insegna del decoro urbano, del divertimento e del senso civico .(Foto @LaMiaOstia)
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#Electoral ballot boxes (#Lazio regional elections) among rubbish on the streets of #Rome, the #Italian capital. is this normal for a #democracy?
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Former President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker told Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper that during G20 summit in 2014 he almost had a phisical fight with former Italy PM Matteo Renzi about Italian budget
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Following Milan’s will to ban night ice creams, other Italian municipalities keep creating absurd summer rules: Rome wants to ban windsurfing and kitesurfing due to “security reasons”
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Italy's education minister Giuseppe Valditara signed a decree banning all smartphones in Italian classrooms, even for teaching purposes
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According to Corriere della Sera, 51% of Italians think that democracy is not working
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Forza Nuova (FN) national leader Roberto Fiore and the far-right party's Rome chief Giuliano Castellino were handed jail terms for their roles in a raid on the headquarters of the CGIL trade union after an anti Green Pass COVID health certificate protest in the capital in October
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@Mukka85 @ilfoglio_it I "nostri" dati provengono da: Ministero dell'Interno (ultimo decennio, 7 governi diversi), ISTAT, Eurostat, Institute for Economics and Peace e Dataroom Corsera. I suoi da dove arrivano?.
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@GfcMcIta @ilfoglio_it “Probabilità tra lo zero e lo zero virgola qualcosa”: si vede che lei sa proprio di cosa sta parlando. Una fonte non riesce a citarla? Perché io nell’articolo l’ho fatto puntualmente.
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Spoiler: in caso abbiate subito un incidente per una buca e stiate aspettando da 2 mesi la copia del verbale per poter fare la richiesta risarcimento danni, non vi azzardate a sollecitare @PLRomaCapitale, altrimenti i loro tempi già biblici rischiano addirittura di “aggravarsi”
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BREAKING: Romania’s Constitutional Court just cancelled the presidential elections just hours ahead of polls opening. Follow our coverage live on @SkNews
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Ieri sera ho visto #TrafficanteDiVirus (di @CQuatriglio), film che tratta dell’ennesima storia di #malagiustizia. La vita di una stimatissima scienziata (@ilariacapua) viene distrutta dalla gogna mediatico-giudiziaria che ovviamente - dopo anni - si chiude con il #proscioglimento
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Liguria (Genova) governor Giovanni Toti arrested and charged with corruption
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With @ramsaysky, @dvh_sky, @McGarwen we tried to show the reality behind numbers, the human side of the emergency, the relentless commitment of people on the front line. We shot for 3 weeks between 3 regions and it wasn't easy: stories were heartbreaking.#Coronavirus #Sky (1/3)
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This week 4 anarchist terrorists broke into Milan airport to block the repatriation of a Moroccan citizen convicted of rape. But they got the wrong airport: he took off from Bologna airport instead. The 4 people have been arrested and taken to prison for attacking transport
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Italy PM Meloni had a bilateral meeting with UK PM Starmer at the NATO Summit in Washington. “They agreed to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two Nations in all fields of mutual interest, including cooperation in combating irregular migration”, Italian government.
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When it rains in #Rome you literally put your life in danger while walking under the eaves of buildings. @Retake_Roma @battaglia_persa @Antincivili @MercurioPsi
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The mayor of Aprilia, a town south of Rome in the province of Latina, is among 25 people arrested today in a big operation coordinated by DDA anti-mafia investigators in the Italian capital. The operation is linked to a probe into a criminal gang that allegedly sought to acquire
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